Method for improving spreading properties of fatty alcohol compounds, products, and uses of the same

ABSTRACT

Described is a method for improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol containing compositions comprising the steps providing an amount of fatty alcohol containing composition, and adding an effective amount of acylating source to the fatty alcohol containing composition, where the acylating source is R 1 C═OOR 2 , where R 1  is an alkyl substituent of the acyl group having between 1 and 5 carbons; where R 2  is a long chain fatty alkyl subsistent (non-limiting examples are unsaturated substituents such as CH 3 —(CH 2 ) 7 —CH═CH—CH 2 —(CH 2 ) x —, and saturated substituents such as CH 3 —(CH 2 ) y —, wherein x ranges from 4 to 12, and y ranges from 14 to 22, and the like), and wherein the whereby the spreading properties are increased over the spreading properties originally exhibited.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to methods for dramatically improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol derived compounds products thereof, and uses of the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to the improved spreading properties exhibited by fatty alcohols after they have been acylated.

BACKGROUND

Emollients are materials that are applied to the skin of subjects to produce softness or smoothness. They have been used for centuries in both cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. The original emollients were extracts or directly concentrated materials from plants or animals, while modern emollients also include partially synthetic (derivatives of natural products) or completely synthetic materials.

One of the properties that emollients exhibit is spreadability. Generally, the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and personal care industries have viewed spreadability as a dual property where some products benefit by using emollients with high spreadability (e.g., lotions) and other products benefit by using emollients with low spreadability (e.g., lipsticks).

Therefore, there is a current and continuing need for emollient type compositions with improved spreading properties.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol containing compositions comprising the step of acylating an effective amount fatty alcohols in the fatty alcohol containing composition, whereby the spreading properties are increased over the spreading properties originally exhibited.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the step of acylating an effective amount of fatty alcohols in the fatty alcohol containing composition comprises the steps of providing an amount of fatty alcohol containing composition, and adding an effective amount of acylating source to the fatty alcohol containing composition.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the acylating source is acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride, butyryl chloride, butyric anhydride, propyryl chloride or propyric anhydride.

It is still yet another object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohol containing composition is an oil or wax that contains fatty alcohols.

It is further object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohol containing composition is a relatively pure fatty alcohol.

It is a yet further object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohols have one free hydroxy group, which may be a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohols have more than one free hydroxy group, which may be primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols.

It is still yet a further object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohols are saturated.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method, as described above, wherein the fatty alcohols are at least mono-unsaturated.

It is another object of the present invention to provide method for improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol containing compositions comprising the steps providing an amount of fatty alcohol containing composition, and adding an effective amount of acylating source to the fatty alcohol containing composition, where the acylating source is R₁CO—R₂, where R₁ is an alkyl substituent of the acyl group having between 1 and 5 carbons; where R₂ is either an organic or inorganic electron withdrawing group, and wherein the whereby the spreading properties are increased over the spreading properties originally exhibited.

The novel features that are considered characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its structure and its operation together with the additional object and advantages thereof will best be understood from the following description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Unless specifically noted, it is intended that the words and phrases in the specification and claims be given the ordinary and accustomed meaning to those of ordinary skill in the applicable art or arts. If any other meaning is intended, the specification will specifically state that a special meaning is being applied to a word or phrase. Likewise, the use of the words “function” or “means” in the Description of Preferred Embodiments is not intended to indicate a desire to invoke the special provision of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph 6 to define the invention. To the contrary, if the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph 6, are sought to be invoked to define the invention(s), the claims will specifically state the phrases “means for” or “step for” and a function, without also reciting in such phrases any structure, material, or act in support of the function. Even when the claims recite a “means for” or “step for” performing a function, if they also recite any structure, material or acts in support of that means of step, then the intention is not to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph 6. Moreover, even if the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph 6, are invoked to define the inventions, it is intended that the inventions not be limited only to the specific structure, material or acts that are described in the preferred embodiments, but in addition, include any and all structures, materials or acts that perform the claimed function, along with any and all known or later-developed equivalent structures, materials or acts for performing the claimed function.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is a method, products and uses for the same that find use in the pharmaceutical, personal care and cosmetic industries. Fatty compositions containing fatty alcohols (and fatty alcohols by themselves) are common ingredients in cosmetic and personal care products. These compositions are typically used as emollients, carriers and spreading agents in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or personal care products.

It has been surprisingly discovered that the process of acylation of the fatty alcohols will increase the spreading properties of fatty alcohols and fatty alcohol containing compositions (compositions containing at least one free hydroxy group). The preferred Fatty Alcohol Acylation reaction can be illustrated as

-   -   Acyl Source+Fatty Alcohol→Acylated Fatty Alcohol+residue.

This reaction typically follows one of the below two preferred specific reactions: R₁C═OOC═OR₁+HOR₂→R₁C═OOR₂+R₁C═OOH  1) or R₁C═OCl+HOR₂→R₁C═OOR₂+HCl  2)

-   -   where R₁ is an alkyl substituent of the acyl group having         between 1 and 5 carbons; where R₂ is a long chain fatty alkyl         subsistent (non-limiting examples are unsaturated substituents         such as CH₃—(CH₂)₇—CH═CH—CH₂—(CH₂)_(x)—, and saturated         substituents such as CH₃—(CH₂)_(y)—, wherein x ranges from 4 to         12, and y ranges from 14 to 22, and the like); other fatty         alcohols may be used and still fall within the scope of the         present invention). Further, these fatty alcohols monohydric or         greater; primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols; and/or         saturated, mono or greater unsaturated. Finally, other reactions         that have the effect of producing an acylated fatty alcohol,         such as certain transesterification reactions, may be used and         still fall within the scope of the general reaction of the         present invention.

The unexpected increase in spreading properties produced by acylation of fatty alcohol containing compositions is clearly illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows the increase in spreading value of fatty oils, which contain fatty alcohols, and fatty alcohols along with the acetates of these fatty oils and alcohols. Illustrative fatty oil examples are: Castor Oil has a spreading value of 7.0%. Castor Oil Acetate has a spreading value of 9.1%. This is an increase of 30% relative to Castor Oil. Lesquerella Oil has a spreading value of 9.3%. Lesquerella Oil Acetate has a spreading value of 13.6%. This is an increase of over 46% relative to Lesquerella Oil. Isopropyl Jojobate has a spreading value of 30.6%. Isopropyl Jojobate Acetate has a spreading value of 34.0%. This is an increase of over 11% relative to Isopropyl Jojobate. Illustrative pure fatty alcohol examples are: Octyl Dodecanol has a spreading value of 20.6%. Octyl Dodecanol Acetate has a spreading value of 35.9%. This is an increase of over 74% relative to Octyl Dodecanol. Oleyl Alcohol has a spreading value of 26.8%. Oleyl Alcohol Acetate has a spreading value of 39.3%. This is an increase of nearly 47% relative to Oleyl Alcohol. Jojoba Alcohol has a spreading value of 25.5%. Jojoba Alcohol Acetate has a spreading value of 41.0%. This is an increase of over 60% relative to Jojoba Alcohol.

Thus it is readily seen that the acylation of fatty alcohol containing compositions, including the pure fatty alcohols, yields dramatic improvements in the spreadability of the compositions.

Spreadability testing was done using a Floratech method of adding 20 drops the material to be tested on P5 filter paper. The percentage of the whole paper that was covered by the composition in question is measured after 10 minutes and recorded as the percent spreading increase value. Samples were tested five times and the results averaged.

An example formulation is as follows: Sunscreen with enhanced spreading properties. Phase INCI Name % wt./wt. A. Water 41.65 Sodium Dicocoylethylenediamine PEG-15 1.00 Sulfate (and) Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate Glycerin 6.00 Xanthan Gum 0.30 Disodium EDTA 0.20 B. Behenyl Alcohol (and) Glyceryl Stearate (and) 5.25 Glyceryl Stearate Citrate (and) Sodium Dicocoylethylenediamine PEG-15 Sulfate Jojoba Alcohol Acetate 5.40 Jojoba Esters 6.40 Tridecyl Salicylate 5.00 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 6.00 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane 1.00 Tocopheryl Acetate 1.00 VP/Eicosene Copolymer 1.00 C. Isononyl Isononanoate (and) Titanium Dioxide 7.0 (and) Alumina (and) Simethicone (and) Polyglyceryl-6 Ricinoleate D. Carbomer 10.00 E. Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters (and) Water (aqua) 1.00 Water 0.80 Phenoxyethanol (and) Methylparaben (and) 1.00 Ethylparaben (and) Butylparaben (and) Propylparaben (and) Isobutylparaben Total 100.00 Mixing Procedure:

-   -   1. Add Disodium EDTA to the water with stirring at 75° C. Add         Sodium Dicocoylethylenediamine PEG-15 Sulfate and Sodium Lauroyl         Lactylate and Glycerin with stirring until completely mixed.     -   2. Combine all ingredients of Phase B and mix completely at         75° C. Add Phase B to Phase A with rapid stirring.     -   3. With homomixer agitation, add Phase C to Phase AB at 75° C.     -   4. Add the Carbomer solution into Phase ABC with rapid stirring         at 75° C.     -   5. Reduce the mix temperature to 55° C. Add Phase E ingredients         with stirring.     -   6. Cool to room temperature.

The compositions of the present invention are found to be most useful in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and personal care applications including, but not limited to: burn lotions and creams; cosmetic creams, lotions, and liquid foundations; massage oils and the like; pressed products such as eye shadow, blush, and powder; molded products such as lipstick, lip balm, foundation, blush, eye liner, eye shadow, mascara and the like; hair care products, such as leave-in conditioners, relaxers, hair dyes and other like compositions where high spreadability is a benefit.

Additional Materials

In addition to the essential ingredients in the compositions of the present invention, further material may be present for functional or aesthetic reason. Antioxidants, including tocopherols and tocotrienols (compounds homologous to tocopherols that differ by the presence of three unsaturated bonds in the phytyl side chain), and oryzanol (a mixture of ferulic acid esters of sterols, e.g., beta-sitosteryl ferulate and methyl ferulate, and triterpene alcohols, e.g., 24-methylenecycloartenyl ferulate; see Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products, 4^(th) Ed., John Wiley, New York, 1979, volume 1, pages 407 to 409) may be present. Fragrances, colorants (e.g., dyes or pigments), topically applied medications, UV absorbers, whitening agents, emulsifying agents, binders, scrubbing particulates, and the like may be present.

Additional fatty elements that may be included can be selected from mineral oils like paraffin or petroleum oils, silicon oils, vegetable oils like coconut, almond, apricot, corn, jojoba, olive, avocado, sesame, palm, eucalyptus, rosemary, lavender, pine, thyme, mint, cardamon, orange blossoms, soy beans, bran, rice, colza, and castor oils, animal oils and fats like tallow, lanolin, butter oil, fatty acid esters, fatty alcohol esters, waxes whose melting point is the same as the skin's (animal waxes like bee's wax, carnauba or candelilla waxes, mineral waxes like micro-crystalline waxes and synthetic waxes like polyethylene or silicone waxes). All acceptable oils used in cosmetology can be used, like the ones that have been mentioned in the CTFA's book, Cosmetic Ingredient Handbook, First edition, 1988, The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Inc., Washington (hereinafter, “CTFA”).

Cosmetically or dermatologically active substances may be added to the composition of the present invention, meaning active cosmetics chosen from anti-acne agents, anti-microbial agents, anti-perspiration agents, astringents, deodorants, hair removers, external analgesics, agents for hair conditioning, skin conditioning, sun protection, vitamins, catechines, flavonoids, ceramides, fatty substances, polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential fatty acids, keratolytic agents, enzymes, anti-enzymes, moisteners, anti-inflammatory substances, detergents, perfumes, and mineral substances for synthetic coverings. These substances may represent from 1 to 20% by weight of the total weight of the composition.

Detergent or foaming agents, for example, may include disodic cocoamphodiacetate salts; lauroylether sulfosuccinate disodic salts; the vegetable protein acylates; the cocoyl gutamate triethanolamine salts; the lauroyl sarcosinate sodium salts; the glucoside decyl-ethers; and the sodium sulfate lauroyl ethers.

Pasty active compounds (compounds with extremely low spreadability) like lanolin by-products (acetyl lanolin, lanolin, and lanolin alcohols; cholesterol by-products, cholesterol esters (12 cholesteryl hydroxy stearate); pantaetythritol hydroxylated esters, linear mono-esters like butyl stearate, arachidyl propionate or stearyl heptanoate, and triglycerides with a fatty chain less that C₁₆ can also be used. These substances may be water-soluble, lipid-soluble, or lipid-soluble and water soluble at the same time, or dispersible. They can be chosen from the compounds that are in CTFA at pages 51 to 101.

Surface active agents, cationic, anionic, non-ionic and/or Zwitterionic may be used. These surface agents can be chosen, for example, from the hydrophilic surface agents, like glycols, such as hexylene glycol, butylene-1,2 glycol, ethyl-2-hexyl sulfosuccinate; mono and diglycerides; oxyethylene octylphenol, and the salts derived from cocoyl and lauroyl collagen; sorbitan palmitate, and the polyoxyethylene by products of sorbitol palmitate esters; salts of fatty chain quaternary ammonium. Suitable anionic surfactants which may be used include the water-soluble alkali metal or ammonium salts having alkyl radicals containing from abut 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, the term alkyl being used to include the alkyl portion of higher acyl radicals. Examples of suitable synthetic anionic surfactants are sodium or ammonium alkyl sulfates, especially those obtained by sulfating higher (C₈-C₁₈) alcohols produced, for example, from tallow or coconut oil; alkyl (C₉-C₂₀) benzene sulfonates, particularly sodium linear secondary alkyl (C₁₀-C₁₅) benzene sulfonates; alkyl glyceryl ether sulfates, especially those ethers of the higher alcohols derived from tallow or coconut oil and synthetic alcohols derived from petroleum; coconut oil fatty monogyceride sulfates and sulfonates; salts of sulfuric acid esters of higher (C₈-C₁₈) fatty alcohol-alkylene oxide, particularly ethylene oxide reaction products; the reaction products of fatty acids such as coconut fatty acids esterified with isoethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide; sodium and potassium salts of fatty acid amides of methyl taurine; alkane monosulfonates such as those derived from reacting alpha-olefins (C₈-C₂₀) with sodium bisulfite and those derived from reacting paraffins with SO₂ and Cl₂ and then hydrolyzing with a base to produce a random sulfonate; and olefin sulfonates which term is used to describe the material made by reacting olefins, particularly C₁₀-C₂₀ alpha-olefins, with SO₃ and then neutralizing and hydrolyzing the reaction product. The preferred anionic surfactants are sodium or ammonium (C₁₀-C₁₈) alkyl sulfates and (C₁₀-C₁₈) alkyl polyethoxy (1-11 EO, ethylene oxide) sulfates and mixtures thereof having differing water solubilities.

Particularly preferred anionic surfactants comprise a mixture of a C₁₀-C₁₈ alkyl sodium or ammonium sulfate or sulfonate or a C₁₄-C₁₈ alpha-olefin sodium or ammonium sulfonate (AOS) and a C₈-C₁₂ alkyl polyethyoxy (2-4 EO) sodium or ammonium sulfate. Mixtures containing a major amount of the alkyl sulfates, olefin sulfonates or alkyl alkoxy sulfates with aryl sulfonates such as sodium cumene sulfonate, sodium xylene sulfonate and sodium benzene sulfonate are also optional.

The amount of anionic surfactant present in the composition will generally range from about 0 or 1% or 4 to 12% by weight (total ingredients) by weight. The amphoteric or Zwitterionic surfactant, may optionally be present at a level of at least abut 0.1 or at least about 0.25 percent by weight of the total composition, per 1 part by weight of the content of anionic surfactant present in the composition.

Examples of amphoteric surfactants that may be used in the composition of the invention are betaines and compounds that can be broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be straight chain or branched and wherein one of the aliphatic substituent contains from abut 8 to 18 carbon atoms and one contains an ionic water solubilizing group, e.g., carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, or phosphonate. Examples of compounds falling within this definition are sodium 3-dodecylaminopropionate, sodium 3-dodecylaminopropane sulfonate, N-alkyltaurines, such as prepared by reacting dodecylamine with sodium isethionate, N-higher alkyl aspartic acids and the products sold under the trade name “Miranol”.

Makeup or cosmetic compositions comprising the present invention may also contain as an optional ingredient, a film forming skin tightening agent, particularly a plant derived biological polysaccharide cosmetic ingredient that may be combined with a casein hydrolysate.

The polysaccharides that can be used in the practice of the invention include, for example, lecithin, pectin, karaya gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum and mixtures thereof. The polysaccharides are preferably used in the present compositions in combination with a casein hydrolysate.

Suitable co-emulsifiers are both known w/o (water in oil) and o/w (oil in water) emulsifiers. Typical examples of fats are glycerides while suitable waxes include inter alia beeswax, paraffin wax or microwaxes. Suitable thickeners are, for example, cr{dot over (o)}sslinked polyacrylic acids and derivatives thereof, polysaccharides, more particularly xanthan gum, guar guar, agar agar, alginates and tyloses, carboxymethyl cellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose, also fatty alcohols, monoglycrides and fatty acids, polyacrylates, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl pyrrolidone. In the context of the invention, biogenic agents are, for example, plant extracts, protein hydrolyzates and vitamin complexes. Typical film formers are, for example, polyvinyl pyrolidone, vinyl pyrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymers, polymers of the acrylic acid series, quaternary cellulose derivatives and similar compounds. Suitable preservatives are, for example formaldehyde solution, p-hydroxybenzoate or sorbic acid. Suitable pearl esters are, for example, glycol distearic acid esters, such as ethylene glycol distearate, and also fatty acids and fatty acid monoglycol esters. The dyes used may be selected from many of the substances that are permitted and suitable for cosmetic purposes, as listed for example in the publication “Kosmetische Farbemittel” of the Farbstoffkommission der Deutschen pages 81-106. These dyes are typically used in concentrations of 0.001 to 0.1% by weight, based on the mixture as a whole.

The total percentage content of auxiliaries and additives may be 1 to 50% by weight and may be 5 to 40% by weight, based on the formulation. The formulations may be produced in known manner, i.e. for example by hot, cold, hot/cold or PIT emulsification. These are purely mechanical processes that do not involve a chemical reaction. The cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical formulations may have a water content of 25 to 95% by weight and preferably 50 to 75% by weight.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is described above in the Drawings and Description of Preferred Embodiments. While these descriptions directly describe the above embodiments, it is understood that those skilled in the art may conceive modifications and/or variations to the specific embodiments shown and described herein. Any such modifications or variations that fall within the purview of this description are intended to be included therein as well. Unless specifically noted, it is the intention of the inventor that the words and phrases in the specification and claims be given the ordinary and accustomed meanings to those of ordinary skill in the applicable art(s). The foregoing description of a preferred embodiment and best mode of the invention known to the applicant at the time of filing the application has been presented and is intended for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and many modifications and variations are possible in the light of the above teachings. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application and to enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. 

1. A method for improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol containing compositions comprising the step of acylating an effective amount fatty alcohols in the fatty alcohol containing composition, whereby the spreading properties are increased over the spreading properties originally exhibited.
 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of acylating an effective amount of fatty alcohols in the fatty alcohol containing composition comprises the steps of providing an amount of fatty alcohol containing composition and adding an effective amount of acylating source to the fatty alcohol containing composition.
 3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the acylating source is acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride.
 4. The method according to claim 2 wherein the acylating source is butyryl chloride or butyric anhydride.
 5. The method according to claim 2 wherein the acylating source is propyryl chloride or propyric anhydride.
 6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fatty alcohol containing composition is an oil or wax that contains fatty alcohols.
 7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fatty alcohol containing composition is a relatively pure fatty alcohol.
 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fatty alcohols have one free hydroxy group, which is a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol.
 9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the fatty alcohols are saturated.
 10. The method according to claim 8 wherein the fatty alcohols are at least mono-unsaturated.
 11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fatty alcohols have more than one free hydroxy group, each of which is a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol.
 12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the fatty alcohols are saturated.
 13. The method according to claim 11 wherein the fatt) alcohols are at least mono-unsaturated.
 14. A method for improving the spreading properties of fatty alcohol containing compositions comprising the steps providing an amount of fatty alcohol containing composition, and adding an effective amount of acylating source to the fatty alcohol containing composition, where the acylating source is R₁C═OOCR₁ or R₁C═OCl, where R₁ is an alkyl substituent of the acyl group having between 1 and 5 carbons, and wherein the whereby the spreading properties are increased over the spreading properties originally exhibited.
 15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the fatty alcohols have one free hydroxy group, which is a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol.
 16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the fatty alcohols are saturated.
 17. The method according to claim 15 wherein the fatty alcohols are at least mono-unsaturated.
 18. The method according to claim 14 wherein the fatty alcohols have more than one free hydroxy group, each of which is a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol.
 19. The method according to claim 18 wherein the fatty alcohols are saturated.
 20. The method according to claim 18 wherein the fatty alcohols are at least mono-unsaturated. 